Recycling Electronics is a Part of Simple Living

Recycling

Recycling has been a mantra since the 60’s, and most of us recycle our papers and plastics, but we are still a long way from making it a truly core principle in American life – most of our cast-offs still end up in the garbage dump. This is complicated by the rise of high technology over the past 25 years. We haven’t even come remotely close to recycling a substantial amount of our trashed computers, cell phones, PDA’s, and VCR’s. The toxics in these devices are lethal, and are leaching into our soil and ground water as you read this.

We need to make what amounts to a heroic effort if we are to make a substantial dent in this problem. These links will help you determine where you can improve on your home recycling efforts – perhaps in areas you hadn’t considered before.

Web Links

Apple and the Environment – Apple Computer’s recycling programs.

Computer Take Back Campaign – A great deal of information on how to recycle electronics as well as the problems associated with recycling electronics and what can be done about it.

Earth 911 – a great site with a tremendous amount of information on everything related to recycling just about everything.

EcoMall – a site with virtually every product and service you might need to make your home greener and your diet and health far better, including information on recycling many types of products.

Dell Recycle - Free recycling of Dell products anytime.

Hewlett Packard Product Recycling – A paid service for recycling computers, used ink cartridges, and batteries.

National Center For Electronics Recycling - Information on how and where to recycle all types of electronics.

Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation – Information on recycling rechargeable batteries of all kinds as well as cellphones.

EPA Household Hazardous Waste site – information on how to recycle many types of hazardous wastes found around the home.

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